Seeking Great Treasure

I walk quietly through the timber, looking everywhere. I am hunting.

I’m not quiet because I fear that I will scare off what I’m hunting for, but because I enjoy the quiet. I enjoy the sounds of birds, turkeys, and the wind through the trees. I enjoy the beauty of the plants as they grow from day to day, new leaves, taller plants and I use a stick to move aside the vegetation to find my treasure; morel mushrooms!

I know some of you do not understand traipsing through the timber, getting muddy, scratched from the brush and having to check for ticks when you’re done, but some of us enjoy the thrill of finding one, then another, then another! It’s like the Easter Bunny has hidden surprises throughout the woods! And then, after you’ve cleaned up, washed the mushrooms, and brought out the skillet, then the treat becomes even greater.

There is great satisfaction in finding a great treasure and enjoying the flavor of it.

God’s word is like that. Proverbs 2 says, “My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. . . . For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.” (vs. 1-5 and 10)

The great thing is that you can look for it as for silver and search for it as for a hidden treasure, and you never have to venture into the mud or tick infested timber. You can search from your breakfast table, your desk at work, in bed at night before you close your eyes. And while morel mushrooms are here today and gone tomorrow, the words of God endure forever!

So hunt! Seek and you will find! Knock and the door will be opened to you! Find that which will be pleasant to your soul!

Think about it.

Lance